How to play
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One player or team performs at a time
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The performer's device shows secret words to act out
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Swipe or tap to move to the next word
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Other players watch the host screen and guess
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Continue until time runs out
Charades. without saying a word.
One person gets the word. Everyone else has to guess from the flailing. You run the whole thing from one phone, and the scores keep themselves.
You have played this with folded-up bits of paper in a bowl. Neegma handles the words, the clock, and the scores, so you can play it with the people in your living room or with friends spread across three countries.
4 to 50 players·Free for up to 10 players·In the room or over a call
Round 3 of 80:41
Only you can see this
GIRAFFE
Act it out. No talking, no pointing at things in the room.
Tap Got it to score and pull the next word
What a player is looking at, mid-round.
- Mime only, no spoken clues
- The word shows on the performer's phone
- Scores on the big screen, updated live
- Fast 60 second turns
- Best played in teams
What actually happens
The room becomes the show.
The performer picks up the phone and sees the word. They put the phone face down. The clock starts. They mime something that looks suspiciously like a giraffe wearing sunglasses.
Their team is shouting at them from the sofa. Someone gets it. They tap Got it, the next word appears, the scoreboard moves on the TV. Someone else mimes a pineapple and the room goes.
Three rounds in, nobody has looked at their phone, and one of your quieter friends has given the performance of their life.
The rules
How Charades actually plays.
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How to win
Get through as many words as possible! The performer earns points for each word they help their team guess. The team with the most points wins.
What makes it work
- 🎬 Classic party game everyone loves
- 📱 Only the performer sees the words on their device
- 👀 Everyone else watches the host screen
- 🏃 Fast-paced — keep the energy high!
- 📊 Words are organised by category for variety
While you host
You run it. Everything else keeps itself.
Once Charades is running, the scoring, the leaderboard, and the ending are handled. You get to be in the room instead of behind a spreadsheet.
Leaderboard
Round 6 of 10
- 1SSSofa Squad1st place3,350
- 2TLThe Loud Ones2nd place2,910
- 3TPTeam Pineapple3rd place2,420
Final podium
Sofa Squad wins
The Loud Ones
4,700
2
Sofa Squad
5,400
1
Team Pineapple
3,900
3
Final scores after eight rounds
Nobody downloads anything
A code goes on your screen. People point a camera at it, type a name, and they are in. No app, no accounts, no one asking what the wifi password is.
The scores keep themselves
Answers are marked as they land and the board updates between rounds. You are not holding a clipboard, and nobody is arguing about who said it first.
It ends on a podium
Top three on the big screen at the end, and every player gets their own result card on their phone that they can save or send to the group chat.
One room or five countries
The same session works with everyone around one table, everyone on a video call, or half and half. Nobody has to be in the right place to join in.
Where Charades shines
Same game, different rooms, same noise.
Team offsite
The icebreaker that actually breaks ice.
Twenty-four people at an offsite, most of whom have only ever seen each other in Zoom thumbnails. Four teams of six, one phone per team, taking turns to perform. By the third performer, the senior leader is on their feet doing a flamingo and the new joiner is the loudest person in the room. The hierarchy disappears for twenty minutes and the rest of the day runs warmer.
House party
Put it on the TV and watch the room change.
Friday night, six friends in the living room, the TV showing the host screen and the phone on the coffee table. Whoever picks it up has to perform. Within minutes someone is on the rug trying to mime electricity. Phones get put down because nobody wants to miss the next round.
Wedding reception
Between the cake and the speeches.
The MC hands the phone to a willing guest. Categories are set in advance so nothing lands that shouldn't in front of the grandparents. The screen behind the head table shows the scores, tables compete as teams, and the bride's grandmother somehow wins.
It already happened
Rooms that have played Charades.
Make it yours
Same game, your room.
Charades bends to whoever is in front of you. Pick the word categories, set the turn length, and choose whether it runs as a quick warm-up or the main event.
Wedding or party MC
Lock the categories to something safe for a mixed room, keep turns at 45 seconds, and run two rounds between courses. Tables play as teams, so nobody has to perform alone.
Office social
Three teams, five rounds, twenty minutes on a Friday afternoon. Cast it to the meeting room screen and the whole floor can watch.
Kids and grandparents
Drop the difficulty and stretch the timer. Everyone can play the same round without anyone being carried or bored.
On a video call
Share the host screen and let the performer mime to their webcam. It is somehow funnier on a call than in person.
How Charades plays
One performer, a whole team shouting.
One person performs at a time, but the whole team is yelling guesses. Teams are where Charades comes alive.
One code, and the whole room is in.
People point their camera at the code on your screen, type a name, and they are playing. Nothing to download, nothing to sign up for, and it works the same whether they are in the room with you or dialled in from three time zones away.
Best for: virtual sessions, hybrid offsites, and any crowd big enough that you want everyone answering at once.
Two to six teams, one answer each.
Split the room into colour-coded teams. A team huddles, argues, and sends one answer. You can also let every member answer for their team if you would rather nobody sits out.
Best for: in-person offsites, weddings, and family gatherings, where you want people talking to each other instead of into their phones.
Offline · How to play today
It already works with one phone.
Charades has only ever needed the performer's phone. Everyone else watches them, so nobody has to join from their own device. A dedicated offline mode is coming for groups that want teams scored formally from one shared screen.
Play anywhere
Bring Charades to wherever your people are.
Put it on the living room TV
HDMI from a laptop, or mirror from a phone. The scoreboard fills the screen and people watch the room instead of their devices.
Use it to reset a workshop
Three or four rounds between sessions and the energy comes back. People return to the agenda warmer and actually present.
Run it on a video call
Share the host view. The performer reads the word on their own device and mimes to the camera.